Breath, Body and Mind
What participants have said about our Breath, Body and Mind courses
- “A wonderful holistic experience that let me reflect on my self care, as a carer and transform the way I deal with stressful and unsettling situations”.
- “It was extremely beneficial to me”
- “Helped me with ways of coping in very stressful situations”
- “Having attended the course and learned about breath body mind it slowly becomes a natural exercise to do at home”
- “By focusing your mind on your breathing, it calms and de-stresses”
- “Certainly felt better and had an awareness of how the body felt different and better from taking part”
What are Breath, Body and Mind sessions and how are they useful?
We offer Breath Body and Mind sessions to groups and individuals. Breath, Body and Mind are gentle practices to safely alleviate stress and anxiety. During the sessions you will learn some very simple movements with breathing to help reduce tension and stress in the mind and body. All the exercises can be done from a seated position if necessary and adapted to suit most abilities. The exercises include a simple breathing practice known as ‘coherent breathing’ which has been scientifically researched and is known to be beneficial to carers because it is ideal for keeping calm in stressful situations.
Find Out More about Breath, Body and Mind
To find out more about the evidence behind Breath Body and Mind Practices watch this video
(and have a practice- there is a practice session at 40.55 minutes into the video):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HsFWg8yUPm8&t=40m55s
Coherent Breathing
Coherent Breathing is the core practice in our Breath Body and Mind sessions. Coherent breathing usually means breathing at around 5 breaths per minute, which helps us to optimise our internal health systems. In our Breath, Body and Mind sessions, we show you how to slow down your breathing so you can breath at 5 breaths per minute, or as near as possible.
Interesting fact about breathing!
In the UK we breath at an average of 18 breaths per minute and are often therefore in a fight or flight response, which is not good for us. As recently as 1939, the average breath rate in the UK was 5 breaths per minute! This tells us that the pace and stresses of modern life have effected our breathing and our health. Coherent Breathing balances our nervous system so we can feel both relaxed and energised, even in stressful situations.
Who we work with
As we work in the social care sector we are keen to support Care Partners, both family care partners as well as professional care partners. We also support people with dementia to learn breathing techniques. We are keen to work with anyone in the community who wants to improve their breathing patterns and improve their health.
Breath, Body and Mind Case Studies and Feedback
Our Costs
Group Sessions
- Four sessions of Breath Body and Mind practices run over four weeks, from either
a community setting or online. 4 x 1 hour practice sessions. - £28 per person to attend all four sessions online
- £36 per person to attend all four sessions in person
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1-2-1 Sessions
1-2-1 sessions cost £25 each and last around 45 minutes. Generally it takes about 3 or 4 sessions to learn the breathing techniques and we provide you with resources to continue practicing the breathing exercises afterwards.
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Grant funding
We seek grants so we can offer free programmes to as many people as possible and can benefit from this approach to managing their own health and wellbeing. Please ask if free funding is currently available. However, if we talk we are likely to tell you anyway!
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